Ex-Trump aide Manafort told FBI he had ‘no chance at trial’
WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said he knew he “had no chance at trial" when he pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mu...
Hanukkah stabbing suspect questioned in prior Monsey attack
NEW YORK — The man charged in the machete attack on a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City had been questioned by local authorities in connecti...
Delpit caps unusual season for LSU with trip to title game
Grant Delpit has had an unusual season.
Son of television producer dies in ski accident in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — The son of television producer Jenji Kohan, who created the series “Örange is the New Black," died in a New Year's Eve ski accident i...
As Jewish enclaves spring up around NYC, so does intolerance
MONSEY, N.Y. — For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families priced out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs,...
Marianne Williamson lays off 2020 campaign staff nationwide
CONCORD, N.H. — Bestselling author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson has laid off her entire 2020 campaign staff but is pushing ahead with her De...
Attack on US Embassy exposes widening US-Iraq divide on Iran
WASHINGTON — The New Year's Eve attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has exposed a deepening divide between the United States and Iraq over ...
Bloomberg to skip Nevada Democratic caucuses
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Democrats will not be able to caucus for Michael Bloomberg next month.
Co-creator defends suspected UAE spying app called ToTok
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The co-creator of a video and voice calling app suspected of being a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates defende...
Bye-bye buoy: Large beacon removed from Florida beach
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A large red navigation buoy that bobbed around the Atlantic Ocean for two years was removed Thursday from a Florida beach whe...
Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is...
Conservatives seek immediate purge of voters in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — A conservative law firm on Thursday asked a judge to find the Wisconsin Elections Commission in contempt and fine its members $2,000 a...
Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race
AUSTIN, Texas — Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro on Thursday ended his run for president that pushed the 2020 field on immigration and swu...
Presidential hopeful Bennet pledges $6 trillion ‘Real Deal’
DENVER — Presidential hopeful Michael Bennet is releasing a $6 trillion plan that he calls “the Real Deal” in an attempt to offer what he says is a mo...
Iowa congresswoman endorsing Joe Biden’s presidential bid
Joe Biden has landed a high-profile endorsement for his presidential bid as Rep. Abby Finkenauer becomes the first member of the Iowa congressional de...
Fleeing war, poverty, African migrants face racism in Egypt
CAIRO — Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighborhood when a group of...
Japan’s emperor waves to crowds in 1st New Year’s greeting
TOKYO — Japan's Emperor Naruhito waved to cheering, flag-waving crowds from a palace balcony Thursday in his first New Year's greeting since ascending...
Pete Buttigieg raises $24.7 million during 4th quarter
DES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg's campaign says he raised more than $24.7 million in the last three months and now has a campaign staff of 500 peopl...
Now NFL rushing leader, Derrick Henry his own worst critic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No one is a harsher critic of Titans running back Derrick Henry than himself.
Mexico City plastic bag ban to take residents back in time
MEXICO CITY — For centuries, Mexico City residents brought warm tortillas home in reusable cloths or woven straw baskets, and toted others foods in co...
Family: Man stabbed in Hanukkah attack may have brain damage
NEW YORK — A man wounded in the Hanukkah stabbings north of New York City may have permanent brain damage and be partially paralyzed for the rest of h...
As more women run for office, child care remains a hurdle
SALT LAKE CITY — When Kimberly Dudik ran for her fourth term in the Montana House, state officials told her she could not use campaign money to pay fo...
Trump deploys more troops to Mideast after US embassy attack
WASHINGTON — Charging that Iran was “fully responsible” for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldi...
Mississippi opens qualifying time for federal candidates
JACKSON, Miss. — Candidates for federal offices can start filing qualifying papers on Thursday in Mississippi.
Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger
JOHANNESBURG — A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future, the death of an Afri...
T.S. Eliot letters to muse to be unveiled after 60 years
After more than 60 years spent sealed up in a library storage facility, about 1,000 letters written by poet T.S. Eliot to confidante Emily Hale will ...
Climate change, Brexit divorce: EU faces challenges in 2020
BRUSSELS — December served up a warning of the massive challenges ahead for the European Union.
Ups and downs in Trump-Kim nuclear diplomacy
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s threat to show the world a new strategic weapon and possibly resume long-range missile tests is another dramatic tur...
Kisses, cheers, fireworks welcome 2020 in Times Square
NEW YORK — Couples kissed. Others cheered and waved balloons as fireworks burst into the night sky and confetti fell to welcome the start of 2020 in N...
Trump suggests some flavored vapes may be pulled from market
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promis...